[Adara Mires] It was a hot, humid, cloudy day in Chicago. People were out in the park anyway, some throwing picnics here and there for the family, the umbrella not too far. Despite the heat no one was getting a tan, the sky too overcast, though many men were shirtless and women in bikini tops, walking, roller blading, laying down with friends to chat.
Adara had gone to the Church earlier to get Rory. Something she has done quite regularly lately. Either to help her play guitar, grab some food, run in the wilds, help her with her patrols or the fianna with hers…and some other things they both enjoyed quite a lot. Today the young Fury was dressed in shorts showing her lean tanned legs, sandals and bikini top, leaving her tattoed left arm and flat, slightly defined belly exposed. Her long dark brown hair was tied in a ponytail, a lock left ot fall over her left eye. Sunglasses hid her emerald gaze and a lgiht layer of sweat has started to cover her smooth silky skin. She was holding her guitar case in her right hand, having told Rory to bring hers too. She wasn’t sure if they’d play but it was an option. Then dinner and then….dessert.
She turns her head to offer her friend a smile, one of the many she directs toward the metis when in her presence. She rarely doesn’t smile when Rory was there. “So, I was thinking that we should do something special soon. Something fun, cool, different. I haven’t found the right idea yet but I”m working on it. Is there anything you’ve seen or heard about that you wanted to do but never have?”
[Rory] It was hot – but not as hot as Rory was used too, though it was certainly more humid than she was raised to expect in the desert. She too has shorts on, but with a full t-shirt, and a hat to protect her sensitive skin – and attempt to contain the curls that have taken on a life of their own in this weather. sure, sunburn doesn’t last too long on the Metis, but why be miserable while it heals, peels and burns again?
She has Ruarc’s guitar with her – always his, never hers – slung along her back, the strap cutting across her torso diagonally. Her hand – fingers fragile looking, and slender – is wrapped around the strap, and her stride is easily matched to the fury’s.
She looks over at Adara as she mentions something special, and ducks her head, slightly. the fury has already shown her so many different and special things she had never tried before, it seems impossible to think there might be something more ‘special’ than what they’ve done already. She bites her lower lip, absently, as shoulders roll into a shrug. “I knon’t dow…”
There’s a whole world she never thought about, as she was always Forbidden to do so..
[Adara Mires] Her smiles widen as her hand reach to touch Rory’s arm gently, soft fingers lingering on the Fianna’s pale skin “Don’t worry, I’ll figure something out. If I had more money, we’d travel south to Miami and go deep sea diving in the ocean. Now that would be a blast. But I don’t have that kind of money sadly. Maybe I should mate with a rich kin and use his money for my pleasure”
She grins and shudders “But ont in this lifetime. I don’t see myself mated to a man, like…ever”
She shrugs and cotinue to walk with Rory, stepping off the path and heading deeper into the woods, to the disapointment of many males, young and old, who had noticed the duo of stunning women but didn’t dare to approach the. “We could go bungee jumping but it’s kinda brief for what i have in mind..though, we should try it anyway”
She blinks a few times “I have to find some kind of irish festival nearby, now that’d be fun. Going over there, staying in a hotel for a night or two, listening to irish music, dancing to it…stuff liek that. Or maybe anoher type of musical festival like woodstock or lollapooza tour.”She stops
“That’s it, lolapooza is here in Grant Park from august th to 7th. Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, the muse, The Cars…and Flogging Molly, one of the best irish rock band will be there. We definatly should do that. You’ll hear quite a range of different music styles. We’ll scare peopel some but who cares, we’ll have a blast”
[Rory] She likes to listen to Adara talk – which is good, since she says so very little herself. She follows her lead, stepping off the path into the woods, completely oblivious to the men who watch them, jealous or otherwise. Adara has her full attention, as she thinks of things to do.
And decides on Lolapalooza, which just sounds funny, though it turns out to be a music festival. She blinks, and smiles shyly. She has a Fiana’s love for music of all types, and most of Ruarc’s songs that he’d charged her to learn are celtic in style and beat – to hear a real Irish rock band.. well now, that’d be quite a treat for the young Fianna. Hearing any band would, really..
She smiles, shyly, and nods. “Sounds fike lun..”
[Adara Mires] ‘She beams her a smile “All right, then Lolapalooza it is. I think most of the tickets are sold out but I’ll find us some three days passes. And well since we’re staying in Chicago..we technically don’t have to sleep in a hotel but since I want you for myself during those three days..all for myself then we’ll do so. I’ll leave my cell phone number to Kora if she needs to contact you.”
She finds a clear spot amongst the threes and sits on the ground. She didn’t seem to mind that she will be dirty. She could be really feminine when she wanted to. She might do so for Rory pretty soon. Put on a dress and make up and have a real date…soon like this week
“If you want, I’d like to take you out this week. For dinner and then dancing. Kinda like..a date”She says with a crooked grin, watching her friend and lover.
[Rory] She blushes as Adara beams at her, pleased with her decision to go to the music festival – and deeper as she says she’ll give Kora her number in case she’s needed. She is still sure that this is Forbidden, and telling Kora any of it makes her very nervous, even if they say it’s just as friends. She was never allowed to have even that – Chicago is consistently surprising her.
and then she asks for a date, and Rory is blushing brighter, hiding it – or attempting too, with very little success – by unslinging the guitar and settling to sit with Adara in the small clearing. “…ok” She’d like it – forbidden or not…
[Adara Mires] She laughs softly, a clear musical sound filling the air “Then it’s settled. We have a date for, let’s say, thursday? I’d liek earlier but clubs aren’t much fun until thursdays usually. Not that I won’t see you before that. I miss you after a day but the date will be thursday”
She place the guitar down, then her hands flat on the ground, leaning back, legs streched in front of her. She raises the glasses of her face to look at Rory “You make me a very happy woman Rory. Thank you for being in my life” She say softly, meaning it. Forbidden or not, their relation made her more smiling than before and feeling really well.
he wasn’t sure if it was lvoe, if it should be allowed to become love. But there was attraction, lust, sensuality, tenderness and a lot of caring. It was certainly second best to love.
[Rory] She misses her after a day – it has Rory blushing brightly again as she peeks through her curls to look at her friend, holding Ruarc’s guitar in her lap. She ducks her head when she is thanked, unaccustomed to being thanked for anything, let alone her very presence in someone’s life. So much of her life has been hidden away, forced away, unwanted and unliked, let alone loved, that having a friend at all, let alone one so close as Adara has become, is something to be treasured, held on too.
“You make he mappy too.” Barely murmured, as if afraid voicing it out loud will have someone coming after her, hurting her for admitting such a thing.
She likes Adara, much as she liked Ray, and maybe could have liked Derek in some fashion too. But Adara keeps coming back, and in doing so, keeps cementing herself into a comfortable corner of the Fianna’s heart…
[Adara Mires] She smiles happilly. “I’m glad you think so. I like seeing you smile. You have a beautiful smile.” She shift postion and reach to caress the Ahroun’s cheek gently. She then kneels and lean forward so their lips can meet in a soft kiss that last for a moment. A very gentle, tender kiss.
She look into Rory’s eyes “I hope that you’ll want me around for a long time. Because I’d love to”
She moves to sit back down on the ground. She place her guitar on her lap and unzip the case, taking it out. “So what should we play today? Do you have a song you have problems with? Or do you want me to teach you a new one. I was thinking you could learn some Flogging Molly since you’ll be seeing htem in less than a month. The song If I ever leave this World Alive sounds liek something that fits well.”
[Rory] She leans into the caress, and then meets the kiss, still shy, but with all the simple happiness behind it that Adara brings to the fore. She reaches up to brush her fingers through Adara’s hair, teasing the lock of hair back from her eyes before she blushes and sits back when the Fury pulls away again.
She unzips the case around Ruarc’s guitar, and settles it on her lap like a pro, though she’s far from it. She works for every song she learns, playing with determination that she will discover talent in something other than killing.. and she likes it. Even if she can’t sing.
She nods when Flogging Molly is suggested, as she’s not sure she’s ever heard them before. “Ok. that gounds sood..”
[Adara Mires] She nods “All right. I’ll play it for you and then, I’ll teach you how to” She smiles, looknig perfectly happy. She was playing the guitar, singing and with Rory, which is the icing on the cake. She enjoyed her presnce so much. Fingers starts to play with the cords, the music filling the air then her voice.
The song is slow at first, emotion fills her voice. It’s a song she loves and it shows. Her eyes closes sometimes, while the rest of the time it’s on Rory, her lis curled into a small soft smile. Once the song is over, she place her arms to rest on top of the guitar. “What do you think? They have more lively songs like Black Friday Rules or Devil’s Dance Floor but this is one that sounds good with only a guitar”
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xql8CKE_9oI )
[Rory] She listens, her head tipped curiously as the song flows over her, and she picks apart the cords, her fingers moving over the strings silently as she picks up the rhythm, and the beat of the song. She nods along, her foot shaking lightly, keeping time.
Then she offers that shy little smile again. “I like it.”
She’ll never be able to sing it – but she’ll certainly be able to play along while Adara sings it, as long as she practices it a bit. She nods, slightly, and offers that shy little smile. “Meach te.”
[Adara Mires] She nods “All right” She starts to teach Rory the song, knowing by now at which speed the Fianna can learn and now she doesn’t show her too slowly and give her the impression that the Fury thought her slow, nor too fast and make her feel slow. Adara doesn’t seem to be in any hurry, like always when with her. She show Rory how to do it, watches her play, correct in a soft, gentle tone, never belittling her if she struggles.
She is a caring teacher and well Rory is special to her. Nothing her friend could do would make her angry..at least not with a guitar.
She teaches her until the sky darkens, taking breaks from the song to play with her something she already mastered. Working too intensely on something might make one unable to get better soemtimes as you stubbornly stick ot the same mistake. They alternate new song with old songs. Eventually stomachs starts grumbling. She grins “I think we should have dinner now”
[Rory] They play. Rory is a quick study, and Adara is a caring teacher, keeping her interested, and correcting her without making her think she’s slow, or stupid, or that it’s an impossible task. She picks up on it, though it will need practice, and they alternate it with the songs she’s already learned, and practiced, and has become even good at.
She smiles proudly as the sky darkens, and she’s able to play the song without fumbling more than once or twice, and even laughs softly at the audible growl of Adara’s belly.
“Gounds sood… I’m hungry too.” She’s always hungry, though well used to going without. She has learned never to turn down a meal.. ever.
[Adara Mires] She smiles “Then let’s get fed” She puts back the guitar in it’s case, zipping it and then gets up, wiping the dirt off her butt, slightly sticking it out as she try ot look at it over her shoulder to see if it still was dirty. Two more swipes of the hand and the she smiles at Rory, settling her sunglasses on top of her head.
“What are you in the mood for? I could go for some BBQ chicken or a nice steak” She places the guitar on her back, the strap settling nicely…very nicely acoss her bikini top covered chest. She watches Rory, waiting for her then start walking the way they came. She takes Rory’s hand in hers while under the cover of trees, her thumb running along soflty over the back of the Fianna’s hand.
Only when they step back on the path and are visble to msot than she let go of Rory’s hand, reluctantly. She didn’t want to get her friend in trouble.
[Rory] She puts her guitar away as well, and stands, brushing once at her butt to get the dirt off, leaving more than she gets, of course, without really caring one way or the other. She sings the guitar across her back, and then offers adara a shy little smile as she takes her hand, all the way until they step into public view again.
She tucks her hands into the pockets of her jean shorts, and wrinkles her nose, slightly. Then nods. “Steak.” She knows Adara eats mostly meat, and that certainly doesn’t bother her, she likes it herself – and that she gets to steal Adara’s fries and sides makes it all the more appetizing.
“Stefinitely Deak.”
[Adara Mires] She chuckles “Steak it is” She walks the path beside Rory, her hands adjusting the strap of her guitar a little. She moves with a kind of feline grace and fluidity “I know this place nearby that serves a really good steak and for a decent prize. One day I should have you try the lamb ribs at the BroHo, they are amazing”
She smiles heading toward the exit of the park “If you master the song I’ve thought you today soon enough, I’ll teach oyu a song form another band that will be at the festival, so you get an idea of some of the styles that will be played during those three day”
[Roman Turner] Like most teen males, he was still growing and never seemed to stop eating. For instance, at that moment he was in the shade of tree just on the edge of the park where he was stuffing his face with a burger just purchased from one of the fast food places across the road. On the ground next to his booted foot rest a paper cup that was sweating in the evening heat. His back rest against that tree, knees drawn up with his forearms laying across them between bites. It looked for all the world as if he were merely people watching as he stuffed his face.
[Rory] She doesn’t like to go to the Broho – she spends very little time there, because of the experiences she’s had. But for Adara, she might try the lamb. “If Lukas leaves any for us..” The Lord’s adoration of Lamb is well known. So well known that if these were the olden days, it would be a simple task to poison him…
Not that she’d ever so much as think such a thing…
She smiles a little, and nods. “I will.” Master the song, that is. She is a quick study – and she likes to learn everything possible she can.
She elbows Adara lightly when she notices someone people watchign and eating. “Roman.”
[Roman Turner] Best part about summer, in his opinion, was the skimpy clothing women wore. What scenery could a guy ask for? It was like dinner and a movie without a plot. It was in the moment when he was watching the sway and wiggle of barely clothed backside that he notice Rory and Adara coming along one of the many paths that lead to and from the park proper. From the shade beneath the brim of his hat, his gaze swept the two females as a slow welcoming smile spread across his youthful features.
“Well boy howdy, just never know who ya gonna run in to around these parts.”
[Adara Mires] She chuckles softly “He will leave us some. He’s not really hanging at the BroHo lately, so the lambs are safe. Until I decide ot go on a rampage” She winks. Her friend tells her that she’ll master the song and she nods “I’ve no doubts you will”
Rory elbows her and her emerald eyes move to the sitting figure of Roman. Her lips curls up at the sight of the Ragabash. She tilts her head toward him, indicating Rory that she’s heading that way and change direction even as the young man speaks. Coming closer , she says in a friendly tone
“Evening Roman, how have you been? It’s been ages since I’ve seen you.” She pause remembering something “I meant, Rhya”
She had met him first when he was the same rank as her but now, he was on par with Rory, not her and well, she didn’t knew him well. So a little respect was appropriate here.
[Rory] She nods, slightly, as she’s told Lukas isn’t around much. That’s perfectly ok with her. She holds no love for her elder, for sure.
Roman on the other hand – he gets an actual smile, even as she ducks her head to hide it behind her curls. “Hi.” She doesn’t add rhya – she doesn’t have to anymore, though the respect is there in her tone, regardless.
[Roman Turner] He unfurled and rose as he stuffed the last of the burger in his mouth and then pushed it to one cheek to speak around.
“Golly Gee, we ain’t in a formal settin and ya ain’t findin fault with me yet, so Roman is just fine Miss Adara.”
Rory got a widening grin as he swallowed the last of the burger and bent for the cup for a big gulp before holding it out to her.
“fraid I ain’t got nothing left but the drink.”
[Adara Mires] She smiles “Then just call me Adara if I’m not to call you Rhya. You’re higher ranking and I”m not that much older than you” She let him get up before adding “I know you just ate but we’re on our way to have dinner. Would you like to join us?” She says, looking at his face.
“I’d liked that. We haven’t had time to speak much last time we met. I’d be nice to sit and chat some.”
She seem to be comfortable in the presence of two Fostern. Of course she was getting used being around higher ranking Garo than her, Fostern and Adren. “And I’d liek ot talk to you about August if it’s ok with you”
She gets ready to start walking again if Roman agrees to join them
[Rory] She takes the cup as it’s offered, and a swallow with a little grin, not caring whats in it, but that he offered it to her and shared. Roman makes her feel as much a part of the pack as if she were bonded already. She works hard for it, trying to make sure that when they make the decision, it will be in favor of her joining the Last Watch.
She hands the cup back to Roman, and wipes her mouth with the back of her hand, and looks at Adara, adding her own invitation too. “Yeah, come.”
She’s not sure who august is – though the name is familiar… she does tend to keep to herself most of the time.
[Roman Turner] “Only if’n ya ain’t gonna say ya want to challenge for August.”
He accepted the cup back from Rory and held it out to Adara with a lift of one brow.
“If it’s just a social moment, I reckon I can fit dessert in, though I gotta watch my girlish figure.”
Said while rubbing his stomach with his free hand.
[Adara Mires] She smiles, taking the cup with a nod “Thanks. And no, I”m not going to challenge for her. But I do care about her and her baby girl. We hang out often and all. I jsut waned your permission to sleep on the house’s couch and watch over her for the last weeks of her pregnancy.”
She drinks form the cup and hand it back to him “I know you must be keeping an eye on her and all, but I hoped i could help you with it. Sometimes things can happen quickly and she mgiht not be able to call you or the pain might make her fall and what not. I jsut want her to be safe and asked your permission to be around. I don’t want to step on your toes”
She starts to wealk ,leading them to the exit and toward the steakhouse she had in mind “And by the way, that girlish figure of yours can handle desert. You handsome devil” She says, teasing. If he remember correctly she did tell him that she wasn’t into weiners in more way than one. Hence why she can afford to tease and look like she’s flirting with a Garou of the opposite sex. It’s ain’t never going to happen…ever.
[Rory] She tips her head slightly, curiously looking at Roman and his figure, with brows furrowed slightly. It’s not girlish at all – manlike, sure, but not girly, so how could he keep it? Confusion slips through her gaze, dances across her face, briefly, before she lets it go and files it under one of the many things she simply doesn’t understand.
She does smile when Adara flirts with him, though, even as she falls into step and follows her lead toward the steakhouse they had in mind.
It clicks… “Oh! August is the one baving a haby…” Now she knows which one she is.
[Roman Turner] “Hold up a minute.”
With that he stopped, waiting till Adara turned to face him.
“I appreciate your offer to give aid to August, and yessim, I’m watchin over her. Long as this ain’t gonna turn in to another hind end biting, I welcome your help with her.”
After all the recent crap he had dealt with involving his kinfolk, he was a mite edgy.
[Adara Mires] She offers him a warm smile as she stos and turn around. “Thank you Roman. And don’t worry about me. I just want to make sure she’s safe and watch over ella and her since Rain left town for a while. When the contraction starts well one of us will have to get her to the hospial and the other will have to watch over Ella. Im ena we can bring Ella there but hse might get bored and need to be entertained while August really should have someone at her side during the delivery.”
She tilts her head “And if you want ot be the one at her side, I’ll be happy to look after Ella. She’s your kin Roman, you make the calls about her. If I ever disagree, I’ll let you know and you can do whatever you want with my opinion. In the end, it’ll be your decision.”
She look at him “Sounds fair?”
[Rory] Roman’s a little on edge when it comes to the kin, and she has felt it, seen it. She understands it too, as she’s the defacto elder of her own tribe, no matter how she tries to pass it off to someone who is more qualified – they always leave. which, she supposes, makes her the most qualified.
…they’re so screwed…
But Adara doesn’t mean to overstep any boundaries, that much is true, and as a fury her first instinct is to protect, not to overstep. She waits, listening as they make the lines and boundaraies perfectly clear, tucking her hands into her pockets and listening.
It’s none of her concern, other than as backup as Roman’s packmate.
[Roman Turner] His posture relaxed, the stiffening of his spine and shoulders easing before their eyes.
“Ya call me if she starts to birth and I ain’t there. I’ll come with ya to the hospital unless I can’t get there in time or ya can’t reach me soon enough. Though might be I need to be the one in there with her cause well…well…we got a mite different feel to us what makes folks uneasy and ya got more of it than I do.”
[Adara Mires] She grins slightly “All right. Have you changed your number?” She asks. After all he gave it ot her during their first meeting at a picnic table with Imogen and..John. Poor John. The man didn’t deserve what happened to him. “And you’re right, I would make them more nervous than you. And it’s better if they’re not too edgy while they take care of her”
She flash a smile, warm and friendly. Her rage makes humans umcomfortable but she has a way around her that soften that edge. That makes her easy to like when rage isn’t a factor at all.
“Now that we have an agreement, let’s go eat, I”m starving”
[Roman Turner] “Nah, my number’s the same so folk can reach me.”
This time he smiled and waved the way ahead with a little flourish of one arm.
“Lead the way. I think I need ice cream with all the fixins.”
[Rory] Roman relaxes, and Rory does too, without realizing she was tense at all in the first place. She smiles, though it’s behind the fall of her curls as she tucks them behind her ear, only to have the bounce free again. She is most relaxed when those she cares about are getting along, after all. Not like she could go into a hospital without freaking out the entire ward, and making everyone on edge. She hasn’t even seen Kora’s child, since she’s afraid to scare it too bad. She made a gift, it will have to be enough.
She should make one for August too. She starts mentally cataloging what she has in her backpack at the pack house, and what she can put together for Roman’s kinfolk… maybe something for the older girl too.
She falls into step again though, her belly rumbling its malcontent with it’s empty state.
[Adara Mires] “All right, then I still have your number”
She smiles and walks with Roman and Rory toward the steakhouse. She opens the door and gets inside “A table for three but can you make it a booth?” She asks, pointing to the guitars. They’ll need a place to put them down. As they are led to their table, she takes off the guitar and then let Roman and Rory sit before doing so, sitting beside Rory if she sat facing Roman, handing the guitars gently to the Gaian if he didn’t mind having them beside him
She doesn’t pick up her menue. She knew she wantede the 12 oz new yor cut steak rare with fries. She won’t eat them but she had no worries that someone will.
[Roman Turner] His hat was removed on entering and sat in the booth next to him. Then the guitars were crowded in next to him. Seemed to him like half of Chicago lugged the things around. Unlike Adara he snagged the menu and went straight for the dessert section.
[Rory] She sits with Adara, facing Roman, and allows him to handle her guitar, because she knows that he knows how much it means to her. Ruarc showed her more of how to be a Fianna than any other she had met so far, and his leaving her his guitar is one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for her. Ever. She treats it as gold, and will continue to do so.
And she trusts Roman with it. That’s the best kind of compliment he could possibly ask for.
She doesn’t look at a menu either, but not for the same reasons Adara does – its not that she knows what she wants to eat, its that she can’t read the words anyway, so she will simply pick the same thing as the others. And she’ll get to eat Adara’s fries too – added bonus.
[Adara Mires] She orders when the poor waiter arrives, her steak and something for Rory that she knew the Fianna would like. She remembered why Rory wouldn’t pick a menu, or read lyrics or anything of the like.The man felt twitchy and edgy despite the beauty of the two women and the age of the young man. Something about them screamed danger more than tattoes bikers with chains and baseball bats. He takes the orders, carefully. He fears he’ll get beaten..or eaten if there’s a mistake despite the disarming smile Adara flashes him.
Once he’s gone, the young Fury leans back into the booth “So Roman, you have agreed I could help but haven’t told me if you allow me to lseep over the kin’s house to check on August. Is it ok if I do?”
She then look at both of them “And how’s the Church doing? It look better than when I first visited it”
[Roman Turner] “Here lays the problem. And believe me, I’ve already heard about the clarification I made on this rule.”
He leaned forward, resting his arms on the edge of the table, speaking softly so as not to be overheard.
“The rule about the Kinhouse is, True are welcome to visit, but not stay there for a few reasons. There is a child in the home, a child that requires a safe-haven without the constant pressure of rage. And Kin need the same thing. A time to rest without the constant niggling across their nerve endings. Ya understand this?”
He watched her face as he spoke. Yeah if he changed this rule he would never hear the end of it, it would become another bone of contention with the self-righteous.
[Rory] She smiles as Adara orders for her, knowing it’s something she’ll like, and appreciative of the fact she does it without having to ask. Its the little things that Rory tends to appreciate the most – people that don’t make fun of the way she talks, people that help her without making her feel stupid, that accept her for who she is, not try to mold her into who they want her to be…
Chicago has given her friends, and a slowly blossoming confidence. (very, very slowly)
She grins a little as Adara asks about the church. “I got the generator going.. porks werfectly now. Cold beer all the time.” Something to be grateful for indeed.
Then she falls quiet again, as they go back to clarifying the rules.
[Adara Mires] She nods “I know. I was asking only for August’s sake and well until she gives birth since she’s the only adult living there. If somethng bad happens during the night, no one can help her or Ella.” She brush the lock of hair away from her left eye “I od understand why the rule is there though ella seem to be handling rage pretty well ad like to swap me with her war ellephant. Quite the warrior she’ll be”
She grins softly as she thinks about the baby girl “Can you try and think of a way to make her..safer? Maybe have Jackson around at night at least once in a while..or other kin if I can’t be there..or you could be. She’s under your protection. No one will argue your presence”
She tilts her head. She wasn’t trying to argue with him, jsut trying ot find a way to keep her friend as safe as possible.
Her attention shifts to Rory “That’s great that now you can have a fonctioning freezer and fridge. Cold beer is always good.” Which she decides she’ll order for everyone if Roman wants one. Cold beer would be great with this heat.
“What’s your next project for the Church?”She asks the fianna
[Roman Turner] “I understand your concern Adara, and I appreciate it. I also know quite a bit about birthin. August is watched, and she has me on speed dial. I’m sure she can add ya if she ain’t already got ya there. I got no qualms with ya sitting on the other side if ya want. Simple enough to watch and step through if need be. As for Jackson, if he ain’t come forward on his own accord to offer his services, I ain’t gonna step on his sister’s toes by asking him to. I’m sure between we three…”
He made a little motion around the table with one finger.
“..We can insure there’s someone around when the time comes. It won’t take but a moment to reach her.”
[Rory] She knows how important his kins safety is to Roman, and how close he’s been and will continue to be the closer August’s time comes. Adara will be helpful too – and she, well, she’ll be around as much as she can be, though she scares them the most.
“She’ll fe bine.” She nods, confident..
and then she thinks about her next project… “A heater, I think – wor finter.”
[Adara Mires] She smiles to Roman “All right, I’ll watch over her from the other side. Thank you for taking the time ot discuss all of this with me” She telsl him, meaning it. He could jsut have dismissed her as August was in no way her reponsability.
Food arrives and she orders three beers. She can drink Roman’s if he doesn’t want one. The food smelled and looked delicious. She turns her plate she the fries are on Rory’s side “Feel free to take some” She offers Roman. She looks at Rory and give her a grin and nod. Of course her friend was allowed to steal as many as she wanted.
But she knew how shy the metis was and prefered to give her a non spoken permission so she oculd steal them while they’re hot.
Her grinturn into a smiel at Rory’s words “A heater after the generator for cold beers? Dear you’re going to be their favorite before sumemr ends. After last winter, I’m sure most were fantacising about one” She nudges her playfully, before she cuts a piece of her steak and taste it
“Hmmm that is so good”
[Roman Turner] “Thank you for offering your aid. It’s not unappreciated. Just got a fine line to walk and some tricky dance moves to make. Of course you are welcome to visit all ya want. I also think folk will have a hard time saying ya weren’t up all night visiting instead of sleeping over…..”
With that he winked and pushed the hot fudge sundae he’d ordered towards the women.
“I gotta get back on patrol. ‘fraid I ain’t got time to eat this. Will ya see to that for me?”
In the next moment he was sliding out of the booth, hat in hand. Snug Wranglers just as stiff and new looking as he always wore them.
“Ladies.”
They were saluted and he was headed out the door in to the night.
((Thanks for the play! I gotta hit the sack. Work night. ))
[Adara Mires] (you’re welcome, it was goodp laying with you again man)
[Rory] She grins as Roman gives them his ice cream, and pulls it close, giving him a little wave. “I’ll take the pext natrol..” after she’s shared dinner with Adara…
and then she digs in – the steak, the fries, Adara’s fries, ice cream? It’s heaven on…several… plates.
She’s shrugs and blushes as Adara says that she’ll be their favorite, and admits shyly. “Wust jant to be one of them…”
[Rory] (Thanks for playin blu! :) )
[Adara Mires] She smiles to Roman “See you again soon. Hopefully before the babie’s birth” She waves at him and continue to eat her steak, savoring each bites. She turn her gaze on Rory, watching the Fianna eat with appetite, her lips curling into a soft smile. “Well you’ll be one of them pretty soon. They’d be crazy not to. You’re amazing”
She place her hand on hers and give it a gentle squeeze before eating some more “And it seem you’re enjoying the food. One day I hope to take you to one of the fancier place with steak that litereally melts in your mouth…hmmmmm”
She chews some more of her steak “Though I can’t complain about this one. It’s tasty”
[Rory] She enjoys food with the gusto of one who never had anything fancy – the idea of a steak fancier than this just makes her blink – it’s hard to comprehend. She’s quite content with what she has here… “Is delicious!”
She blushes when Adara takes her hand, and compliments her, ducking her face to hide it behind her curls. “I sope ho. I like Roman, Kespect Rora…” She liked the others too, though she hasn’t seen much of them.
[Adara Mires] She smiles “I really need to get to know Kora some. I haven’t met her but once and brieftly. She seeed pretty decent.” She cut another piece of her steak “And Roman is pretty nice. It’s good to see that he cares for August and ella. He’s young but he seems solid”
She eats the piece that was on her fork “And trust me Rory, there is always more delicious but, there’s always worst. I’m pretty happy right now. Good food, good company. What more can I girl ask for?”
She picks up one of the beer the waiter jsut brouh. Witho Roman gone there was one too many “What would you like to do after dinner? Are you going on patrol?”
[Kate] A blonde walks into a bar…
No, that’s not it. Its more like a green hair girl walks into a steakhouse…
Short green hair, bobbed with bangs, with black lowlights. She was in sneakers, faded and worn in blue jeans, a tanktop hidden under a longsleeve black hoodie. A backpack was slung over one shoulder. For all appearances, she could be just another college kid around here. There was nothing ‘special’; no purebreed or hottie looks. Just another girl from another town heading in for some food.
[Rory] She nods, slightly. “Roman is nice. He mets le help him.” It’s something so simple, but something that means so much to her – she can’t do much, but when folks let her do what she can to help, it makes her feel needed, wanted even. Necessary. And Kora – well, Kora scares the bejesus out of her most times, but she respects her greatly. Even if she’s terrified that she’ll find out about her little affairs, and seek to “remind” her of her birth.
Bt she’s tough – she can handle it.
She takes one of the beers and a long couple of drinks, like a proper Fianna should. After dinner… “Tot nill early. After midnight.”
[Adara Mires] She nods with a smile “Hmmm so that leave us some time to do something then” She grins slightly as he chew on another piece of steak. Her eyes catches a flash of green and she focus on it. Under the green hair was the face of he young woman she has seen in the park while she was with Gretel and Carter.
She offers her a warm smile and a little tilt of the head indicating that she could come sit with them. If she could handle Rory’s rage that is. She wasn’t sure if the girl was kin. She did come close enough the other night without looking too uncomfortable. But maybe she just really liekd the music and braved the feeling to thank her.
She did leave awfully quickly after.
[Kate] The hostess had asked how many was in her party when she spotted Adara. Which gave her a moment’s pause, especially with the invitation. Her hand that gripped the strap of the bookbag tighted a bit, worrying it with her decision. In the end she opted to at lest go say hello… then make a choice.
“Uh, no, I see my party thanks…” she said to the waitress and pushed on by to head for the table.
[Rory] She blushes, brighter, as she considers what Adara might want to do later, before patrols, her mind drifting – as well as her eyes – over the Fury’s barely clad form. She saves herself with a bite of Ice cream, and noticing the girl that Adara invites over…
She tips her head, curious.. “Tho’s what?”
[Adara Mires] She grins at Rory then look back at Kate is making her way toward them “I’m not sure who she is but I saw her a few nights ago. She liked my music”
She shrugs. It was good enough a reason to talk to her.
Once Kate was close enough she offers a friendly smile “Good evening, how are you doing?” She doesn’t ask if she remembers her becauseshe must if she came all the way over “Want to sit and join us? You didn’t stay long the other night, I didn’t get your name”
She motions to the untouched beer Änd there’s a beer if you want it”
[Kate] Her brown eyes shifted between the two women when she neared the booth. She didn’t jump in right away, or lean on the table; she gave the end of the table more room than was necessary actually. Yet, she smiled a bit and tucked a strand of green behind an ear.
“I didn’t? Sorry. I’m Marina,” it’s what he named me so I’ll just stick with that, “You are…Adara? Right? I don’t want to intrude,” glancing between them with that said.
[Rory] she liked Adara’s music. Rory smiles like that’s the obvious answer, because who wouldn’t like her music?
she’s quiet when kate joins, and when she hesitates, she adds her invitation with a gesture of her fork, since her mouth is full. She seems to be working her way through her steak and fries, and Adara’s fries, AND an ice cream sunday. And a beer. There’s no telling where she puts it all, as the redhead is thin as a rail, with barely enough curves to soften her lean lines…
She finally smiles and offers a soft, shy “Hi.”
[Adara Mires] She smiles and offers her hand “Pleased to meet you Marina. And yes, I”m Adara and this is my friend Rory.” She motion for her to sit “And join us, you’re not intruding at all. One of friend was sitting there minutes ago and had to go before theb eers were brought. Hence why there’s an untouched one if you want it”
She drinks from hers, smile still on her lips. Despite the feeling of rage she projects, a feeling that is overshadowed by Rory’s, there was an an easy gonig charm to her.
She tilts her head as she watches Kate “Are you new to town?”
[Kate] She took her hand with a quick shake, and then smiled to Rory giving her own, “Whatsup…” with a litlte nod. Though she still stood, for the moment, as if trying to make the choice. However she did get a bit closer to the table, now leaning at least a hip on it. The beer looked tempting but it was an opened container and that went against Rule 8; never trust an open container. Especially when offered from a beautiful woman who you don’t really know. That was addendum 42, added in LA by Frankie. It was good advice.
“Um…yeah. It is obvious?” she smirked a bit, slid the pack off her shoulder and glanced around the room a moment. Then, she slid in. To note, however, her left hand never did leave the front pocket of her hoodie.
[Rory] Rory looks innocent, looks shy, looks like she can break under the slightest of breezes – but the powerful rage under the swelling moon that heats her very skin.. that’s a force to be reckoned with. It overshadow’s Adara’s and is reason number one why the waiter is avoiding their table, hoping against hope they don’t need anything else.
Kate mentions she’s new, and asks if it’s obvious. Rory tips her head like considering the question seriously, but doesn’t come up with a real answer. Must not be so obvious after all.
[Adara Mires] She chuckles “No not obvious, not that much. But you look a little shy and liek you would like company. I mgiht be msitaken though. Yet I remember when I first arrived here. The hardest thing is to meet new people. One you know a couple then it’s easier to meet others.”
She motion the waiter when she notices Kate’s interest in the beer. She orders another one for the green haired girl. “Smart girl” She says with a grin, taking the untouched beer and drinking form it “There’s nothing in it but..better safe than sorry right?”
She pauses “Where are you from?” She was getting curious now. The igrl must be a kin to withstand Rory’s rage. No humans could. “And what’s in your pocket?”She says, eyeing the left hand hidden in the pocket “We’re ont going to steal form you, you know. You can relax”
[Simon Zahradnik] Simon stops the car so Ki can get out. They slip from the car and head immediately into the building. It was hot as fuck out tonight and the annoyance showed on the Full Moon’s face as he entered the building with Ki in tow. The pair would wait patiently enough to be seated and the cooler air in here meant they might be able to not only relax but also get something decent to eat.
While they waited Simon’s eyes took the time to note those worthy of note. Few of the patrons would have caught his eye but the sight of three familiar women does get his notice. He watches Rory curiously a second, surprised to see her out and about and not hiding away but he didn’t know her well enough to know if this was the kind of place she might frequent. It was just slightly surprising.
He then looks a moment towards Kate. That made him smile juts a hint, though that smile was the internal kind. The kind he would never dare let others see on the outside. it was nice to see the girl actually socializing rather than pointing guns at the garou. It meant she wasn’t in immediate danger.
Simon made sure they got a table not far from the other three. Though he knew Ki wanted to talk and that little matter needed to be taken care of first. So the second they were seated he looked at his menu and then over his Menu at Ki.”Woman is screaming in an alley… Begging someone to help.”He asks as he lowers the Menu.
“What do you do?”He asks Ki with a curious tilt of his head.
[Ki Mondblume] Steak steak-a steak steak stuh-stea-stea-steeeeeeak, yeah! *he sing-songs, and he even does a little dance.*
*Boy does like his meat. He grins, following up Serious Simon, continuing clicking his tongue idly, to the song in his head. Apparently he’s mentally singing a song about steak, so who knows how much Simon has had to hear of it?*
*The question catches him… well… not off guard, but it interrupts the food thing.* Depends on what sort of trouble there is. I sneak over, four legs or two, doesn’t matter. I’m VERY sneaky when I want to be. *Apparently he doesn’t want to be right now.* Problem is, woman you’re talking about could be of ANY species. You didn’t specify, Serious Simon. Woman of WHAT species?
[Kate] She kind of gapes at Adara, wondering of the girl could read her mind. Or maybe she was loosing her touch. That thought struck a bit of horror into her eyes. Silently she cursed herself and started to speak.. then couldn’t really form words. For a moment. That’s when her brows furrowed and she quickly shook her head a bit.
“I”m sorry, who the hell are you? Hoodini?” a beat, “Wait, he didn’t read people. Just a good escape artist. Good but not the best and Hi!” she said turning to look at a passing waitress, “Can I have a bottle of water, a Sierra, and a steak sandwich, medium. No sides.. thanks…”
[Simon Zahradnik] He shrugs his shoulders.”You don’t know…”He says as a slow smile creeps it’s way onto his lips and he holds his hands up behind his head.”Half the time we have no idea what in the fuck we’re running into. I wanna hear your take on what needs to be done within the first few, and most crucial, moments.”He says softly.
“I like the sneaking part. Sneaking is good… I like sneaking. But go on…”He adds his eyes watching Ki curiously.
[Rory] She looks over as Simon and Ki sit down near them, and goes very, very still for a moment. She chews the bite of steak in her mouth contemplatively, and then turns her head instead to pay attention to those at her own table…
She blinks, curiously, at Kate as she mentions Hoodini, and lifts a hand to rub at the side of her nose, absently, before simply digging into her meal again. She clearly intends to let Adara handle the conversation, for wahtever reason.
[Adara Mires] She chuckles ath Kate’s words “No not Houdini nor any type of mind reader. Just a girl, about your age who understand that taking offered things from strangers can lead ot bad things. I saw the look you gave the beer.” She grins.
She saw Simon and Ki cming in, offering them a small wave, nodding to Simon. They seat nearby and she leaves them to their conversation, her attention back on Kate and Rory.
“You haven’t answered my question though. About where you’re from. You don’t have to and just tell me if you don’t want to. I jsut think it’s a good start when getting to know someone. Unless you want ot talk about something more general”
She shrugs and drinks some more. She glances toward Rory, offering her friend a smile. Meeting new people wasn’t easy for the shy Fianna, hence why she’s doing most of the talk. She just hoped Rory wasn’t bored.
[Ki Mondblume] If I’m alone, it might be a little tricky. I’d keep low to the ground, and then go to the mouth of the alleyway. I’d have a good, settled position there. This doesn’t take long. See what’s attacking her. IF anything’s attacking her, or if she’s luring me there. Could be a trap. Too many factors.
BUT! If I see something attacking her, I don’t exactly have time to wait, do I? So I’d try to sneak in. Be a LITTLE bit harder with one exit. Use some sort of … sneaky-making spirity type thing. THEN cripple whatever was attacking them, probably get it by the ankle. Providing it’s not one of US. Of course, if it’s something I’ve run into before… well. That’s another matter ALL together. If I’ve got HELP, that’s better. S’why I’m suggesting this! It smells REALLY good in here.
BUT. Providing the thing attacking her’s bad, and she doesn’t leap on what I’ve just wounded with a nasty growl, I don’t have to kill HER. If she does, or if she starts spitting out white worms or something like that? Well. I attack HER first.
But then you have the REALLY hard question. What if they’re BOTH bad, and it’s staged?
[Kate] When the waitress walked away, she spotted Simon. Ki she didn’t know. But Simon was a bit unmistakable. It gave her pause before she turned her atteniton on what Adara was saying. Brows lifted slightly. Then.. well then she smiled.
“You are… sorry, I guess I’m just not use to ‘nice’ and ‘laid back’. I’m from…” it took a half of a second’s thought, “Detroit,” might as well go with it, though she reminded herself to work on some kind of accent later. And then her left pocketed hand let go to slide out of her pocket. Slowly. But it did.
“Not very many ‘nice’ people in Detroit. It throws me off, but it is good to have run into you again. Are you two from here… “she asked, glancing between the women.
[Rory] She’s not bored. She’s never bored when she’s with Adara. She offers the Fury that same shy little smile as she looks at her, and listens to Kate as she explains she’s from.. Detroit. She hesitated, and Rory catches it, but she doesn’t say anything about it – she lets it slide. She has plenty of secrets of her own, she doens’t pry into others.
She nods, slightly, to answer the question. She has no home in Arizona any longer – chicago is home. So she nods, she’s from here… but she’s still quiet.
[Adara Mires] She nods when Kate talks about Detroit “So i’ve heard. Though they aren’t all bad…kinda” She adds with a slightly playful grin, lifting her chin in Simon’s direction. She got along fairly well with the vociferous Ahroun. He wasn’t the niecst person around, but he was decent and good ot have backing you up when the hips were down.
“Well I”m glad that we’ve met again too. And that you think I”m nice. The gang that we have here is made up of pretty good people. There are some exceptionsand not everyone gets along but it could be worst. We all have the same goal and since it’s more immediate than in other cities, it creates strong bounds”
Well time to see if the girl knows about what she and Rory were or wasn’t aware thatshe was kin. There was the oft chance she was human but with four of them around and her sitting nicely..there was almost no chances of that.
“I’m from Arizona, Phoenix to be precise. I moved around a little and now I”m staying here, for some times at least” Rory doesn’t say that she’s from Arizona so she doesn’t offer the information. It was her friend’s to divulge.
[Adara Mires] (*when the chips are down)
[Kate] When the bottle of water and beer was dropped off, she tried to stop the waitress again, “Can you tell whichever waitress has that table,” pointing to Simon’s, “To give their tab to me? Thanks…”
And then returned her attention to the two women. She tried to give her eyes a little perk, as if not to worry so much that they were filled with their usual haunting emptiness. It wasnt such an easy feat, changing or hiding the soul’s refelection; and her’s was beaten and tired.
“Oh, that’s cool. Arizona’s nice I hear…” And it was hard to keep any sort of poker face when she mentioned Arizona. She knew the blood would be draining from her face so she tried to cover it by opening the water bottle and taking a very long sip. No wonder she was drawn to the girl in the first place; siren song indeed. With some composure regained after gulping and gulping, she capped the water back and looked between them.
“I…” she began… “gotta pee, sorry…” and out of the booth she went. Heading for the bathroom after a glance around.
[Rory] The girl takes off for the bathroom, after the blood drained from her face at the mention of Arizona, and Rory tips her head again, curious. She looks over at Adara, then simon and ki, and back again…
“…did she stust jick us with their tab too?”
Its an odd situation where the weirdest girl at the table is not the Fianna…
[Adara Mires] She watches Kate asking for Simon’s and Ki’s tab, tilting her head. Color drains from Kate’s face when she mentions Arizona. Was she the only one who had asemi decent experience living there. If it wasn’t for her adotive mother gonig crazy when she witness her firstchange, her time there would have been all good. Even the harsh training was considered good. It helped shape her up after all.
Then in a flash Kate left the table for the bathroom. She smiles at Rory “What no. Hers maybe..but theirs? If she odesn’t come back, I”m handing it back ot htem. They’re big boys, they can pay ofr their stuff”
She grins and drinks from her beer. “I wonder what happened to her?” it seems liek she had bumped into another deeply hurt person. First Carter, then Rory and now Marina..Maybe part of her destiny was to help them get out of their shells. It seemed to be working with Carter and Rory.
[Simon Zahradnik] He nods his head.”It’s a good thing to hear… We approach shit too often as if the world is entirely black and white. It’s really our biggest flaw… Too many, genuinely good people, have made the mistake of assuming that’s what we’re doing here. That is the biggest flaw and problem we have… Down that path there is not victory. It’s too vague and far too unfocused. We have to pick and choose our battles, and we have to pick and choose the ones we can win whenever possible. Otherwise we’re playing their game right? In a war of attrition we lose, there is no survival and there is no success. We have to be careful… Focus, make our choices carefully and when we doubt the chances of our success we need to be ready to turn our backs.”He says with a shrug of his shoulders.
“Some people might call that cold… But I don’t think intelligent is necessarily cold. We need to approach each individual situation with calm and cunning and sometimes we have to choose to hold back for our own good. We can’t do anyone any good when we’re dead right?”He asks with a little smile on his face.
[Ki Mondblume] *He grins.* Yeah. BUT. If they WERE both evil, they’d be outta luck, because I’m AWESOME. *He nods sincerely at that, and he looks back to the table. He raises a hand to Adara, and he cants his head to look at her sideways. Rory, however, takes more of his attention, just for the moment, but he sits down rapidly. He almost looks awkward when he sees her.*
[Rory] She rubs at the side of her nose again, absently, then nods, before turning her attention to the ice cream sunday before it melts completely. She’s done a good bit of damage to Adara’s fries, and the items on her own plate, but there’s always room for chocolate. Always.
Ki looks at her awkwardly, and Rory blinks, once, twice, then looks over at her friend, curiously. Everyone is odd tonight – maybe it’s just the swelling moon…
[Ki Mondblume] ((Damn you… her flaw made me have to look up the Muppets Frog Prince on YouTube. :b ))
to Rory
[Kate] There was enough time taken to splash some water on her face… no worries since she never wore makeup.. and then readjust a few things. It was hard not to wonder what were the chances of running into someone from Arizona and Simon in the same room. Did he know? Was she a spy? Was she the enemy? And what the red head all about? It was the quiet ones you had to watch. Maybe she was the asassin.? Oh they look all quiet and sweet and fragile at the beginning but then they get mean.. and then they grow horrid things that spout of their faces and butts and…
“Shit, get it together…” she scolded herself and took that extra minute to giver herself a good mental slap.
After that she was headed back to the table. Collected demeanor well in place. On the way she stopped by Simon and Ki’s nook to stop and say, “Hey whats up…” with a chin up to Ki and look to Simon.
[Ki Mondblume] *Kate’s words make him look up. He frowns.* That ceiling fan. *He blinks, and he looks back to Kate.* Did I get it right?
[Simon Zahradnik] He nods his head.”Well our enemies aren’t above setting a trap, and honestly when they decide to come after us you can sure as fuck bet that’s exactly how they’ll thin out as many of us as they can. It’s why I can’t broker stupidity… In a war the strongest survive, and strength isn’t just in your arms it’s in your brain, it’s in your ability to think and plan and react clearly.”He continues, though his eyes lift from his table to follow Kate as she heads towards the restroom.
His eyes peek in the direction of the restrooms a moment to be sure there aren’t any suspicious characters lurking there before turning his attention back to Ki.”We’re not safe… We’re never fucking safe. Even right th8is fucking second you can sure as fuck bet there is at least one pair of eyes on us… Watching, learning, waiting to strike. How do I know this?”He shrugs his shoulders and laughs a little.”It’s what I would do. I would have eyes on everyone gathering data learning strengths and weaknesses.”He leans closer.”When the time comes they’ll hit us hard and without mercy and not a single one of us will survive. Unless we get the first.”
“We’re not fighting idiots and morons here… We’re fighting ourselves.”
[Adara Mires] She finishes her steak and simply drinks her second beer. Rory gives her a strange look after looking at Ki. She shrugs and just shakes her head slightly.. offering her a smile. Kate stops by Simon’s table and Adara tilts her head. At least Kate was getting to know people. Maybe it’ll help her feel better. She really seems withdrawn or maybe fearful…
She leans into her seat, taking the time to strech her legs under the table since no one was sitting in front of her. She glanes sideways at Rory “How’s the ice cream?”
[Rory] She smiles shyly at her friend, and offers her a spoonful, though she knows she likely won’t accept it. “good. Sant wome?” If she says yes, she gives her th e spoon, but other wise, she takes the bite herself. She sees kate is on her way back, but doesn’t say anything about them, or who she stops to talk about.
Her entire attention seems to be on Adara for the moments they have alone.
[Simon Zahradnik] When Kate reaches their table his attention shifts up to her and he nods in greeting.”Nice to see you out and about… Makin new friends?”He asks before looking over towards Rory and Adara for just a moment before turning his attention back to Kate.”That’s Adara and Rory they’re cool…”He says with a nod of his head. He then points across the table at Ki.”This is Ki… He’s cool too.”He says to her with a little smile.
“Ki and I were just talking I think, tossing shit back and forth. Umm… You don’t just jump into forming a pack with someone. There’s gotta be some discussion, making certain you click.”He adds with a nod of his head.”Take a seat and hang with us for a bit if you want.”
[Adara Mires] She smiles softly at Rory, eeying the ice cream with some longing form memories pst. Of childhood with a loving mother and father, before the things started to change and her desire for meat grew and her capacity for eating anything else dimished. Until her change when it was gone and she could only eat meat.
“Thanks, that’s really sweet but”I can’t” She bites her lower lip slightly “Eat a few spoonful for me will you” She leans and whisper something into Rory’s ear very, very softly then leaned back, watching her with a grin, picking up her beer glass and driking from it
[Adara Mires] She whispers “I’ll taste it on your lips in a little while”
to Rory
[Kate] Ki’s retort got that sideways smile out of her, “Ah, now a smartass I can deal with… cheers,” said with a slight tilt of her capped water bottle at him.
When Simon spoke, she glanced at him. Then eyebrows lifted high. A bat of lashes, “Of fucking course they are… Jez am walking magnent for fur?” gesturing to Ki, “Don’t answer that…” but looking at Ki for a moment with another nod, “And it’s nice to meet you Ki, I’m Marina…” ok so she felt a little ‘safe’ around the Wyrm Foe, fucking sue her, “Um.. wait, if they’re cool why aren’t you guys piling into one booth? And is this like the hang out or something?”
[Rory] She tips her head slightly, so as better to hear what is whispered across her ear, and then she’s.. well, it’s Rory – so she’s blushing brightly as she ducks her head to hide it behind her curls, pointedly taking a bite, and then another as well.
She peeks up at Adara again, and reaches to steal another french fri, before leaning back and patting her belly. “Almost full.”
Sometimes, she eats like a Gnawer.
[Rory] and under the table, her thigh, brazenly, presses against Adaras.
to Adara Mires
[Ki Mondblume] *He opens his mouth to Kate’s walking magnet for fur question, although he does AWFULLY look confused at the smartass comment. It seems he was being serious.* Well. Me and Adara, we had a falling out, so I don’t think she wants me sitting there. Also I smell. It’s true. I read it somewhere. Also I’m SERIOUSLY hungry. Starving, actually. Can we order the biggest steak they have? *This, it seems, he’s asking Simon for permission for.* Also french fries. I want french fries. *He talks fast.*
[Adara Mires] She nods with a smile to Rory “All right. Well then maybe we should be on our way. We have a few things to do before you have to patrol.” Her eyes looks back at Kate. “I wish we could have some time to chat with her. But I”m not sure if she’s coming back or sitting with Simon and Ki”
She shrugs then tilt her head hearing Ki’s words. “Oh Ki”She calls out to him, not overly loud. She didn’t need to, Garou tended to have good hearing “It’s all right, I got over it. Don’t worry about whath appened, things just didn’t work out, it happens. And ofr the record, you don’t smell, unless you ate garlic…then you do”
She shakes her head slightly, with an amused smile then grins at Simon “Hey Simon, how are you”
[Adara Mires] Her hand reaches to caress Rory’s thigh very slowly
to Rory
[Simon Zahradnik] He sighs when she calls herself Marina… Since it was his mother’s name and he gave it to her and she was still using it. Still he wasn’t terribly annoyed it did cause a slight roll of his eyes, however. Still he leaned forward and shrugged his shoulders.”We don’t all just push ourselves into a corner and snuggle each other at all times. As hot as that’d be… We’re territorial and mean so generally we tend to give one another our space unless we have something we need to actively discuss. Like Ki and I here…”He then looks across at Ki.”You can order whatever the fuck you want. Last I checked I wasn’t your mom…”He adds with a little smile before turning his attention back towards Kate.
“I just figured you’d like to know who is safe and who isn’t in case you didn’t. Bein’ helpful or some such shit…”He says with a nod of his head.
He then looks back to Ki.”And… Ki does smell pretty nasty.”
[Kate] “Hey, I appreciate it. I was freaking out there for a bit..” she said to Simon.
“I got the tab,” she said to them, “And I’ll go put in your order, since I think all this … well the waitresses seem to be busy elsewhere. I’ll track them down…”
But when she stepped away.. half smiling at the banter shot back from Adara… she quickly headed to the two women. With a rather apologetic look.
[Simon Zahradnik] He looks up at Adara then back towards Ki and back at Adara.”Pretty good…”He says with a nod of his head.”Ki and I were here to grab a bite to eat. You two are welcome to join us if you’re not gonna kill each other.”
[Rory] She nods, with that same little smile, as she finishes eating what she thinks she can hold, which just about cleans up all the plates at the table. Never know where her next meal is coming from, after all, and while she eats well enough, it’s a beaten in response to prepare every time.
She looks between Adara and Ki, and then, just back to finish her beer.
[Rory] She lifts her thigh into that touch with the softest of sighs, for adara’s ears only…
to Adara Mires
[Ki Mondblume] I DO. I had a fight last night, and I haven’t changed since then, *he says sincerely. Like he’s proud of this.* I have a little blood stain right here still! *He picks at his violet sleeve, where there is… no stain.* I think some landed here. OR further down. It’s somewhere around here. *It seems to be on his collar.* But! I smell worse when I’ve had mexican food. OR curry. I mean, I like spicy, but that’s WAY too spicy.
*He looks up suddenly from the menu.* OOH! In that case, I’m getting the steak AND shrimp. I want to get shrimp, see, cuz shellfish is good for you, and low in fat, and I’m trying to keep my figure. I’m not planning on killing anyone. I’m planning on EATING. Because I’m starving. Talking about violence makes me really, really hungry. *He doesn’t seem to mind if the waitress isn’t coming to the table, he yells across the restaurant with his order.*
[Adara Mires] She tilts her head and smiles at Simon “Maybe next time. You boys have things to discuss and humm..yeah, I think Ki might stink a little right now”She says in a playful tone. “And we have guitars here”She points to the spot beside where Kate had sat earlier “That takes space. We’d be pretty crowded. So maybe next time. Come by the Brotherhood, both of you and we’ll have lamb ribs”
Those famous, delicious lamb ribs.
Her eyes move up to Kate and she smiles to her “Everything is all right? You looked shaken earlier when I mentioned where I was from”
[Adara Mires] Her fingers brush Rory’s thigh, moving higher, more inside then back out and lower, repeating this slowly over and over.
to Rory
[Kate] “Right,” pausing at the table with the two women, “Picture is a little more clear now, sorry ladies. I’ll totally pick up the tab here, its the least I can do…” to Adara, “No no, i just thought I had started my cycle…” but with Ki shouting she winces and shakes her head, “You can take the cat out of the jungle…um, let me get this handled…” mutters and sort of jaunts off to find the nearest waitress to both place an order and to kill her budget for the next century.
[Ki Mondblume] *His eyes widen with Kate’s offer, and he grins. He leans in towards Simon.* I’m getting dessert too. It’s going to be steak.
[Rory] She blinks as Kate explains, her brow furrowing slightly, as she does her best to ignore the other table of Garou…
She settles back, setting her hands in her lap, and watches, quietly, following Adara’s lead for now.
[Rory] She parts her thighs, slightly, for that slowly traveling hand, her own fingers falling to rest on top of the Fury’s briefly, with a light squeeze, brazen here, hidden in the darkness of the booth.
to Adara Mires
[Adara Mires] She watches Kate with a grin “If you say so and I got my and Rory’s tab, but thanks. Buy me a beer next time we meet and things will be great” She smiles, showing perfect white teeth and let the kin or possible kin, handle Simonand Ki’s order.
She lok at Rory, winking at her, waiting for Kate to be back, see if the young woman wanted to talk some more. If not, well Rory had patrols and she had to check on the Brotherhood..duties duties duties..
[Adara Mires] Thigs parts and fingers spreads, little finger teasing her crotch, applying a light pressure, moving up and down against it.
to Rory
[Simon Zahradnik] He’s not about tot urn a Kin down in her offer to provide a meal for the both of them. He doesn’t exactly have a job so what little cash he does have is either borrowed or procured and not the reward of steady employment.
He nods to Adara when she makes to leave.”Alright I’ll see you two around another time then.”He says before following Kate with his eyes. Damn that woman is all over the place tonight.
[Rory] Duties, duties, duties. She’s promised Roman that she will do the early early morning patrols, and she intends to keep that promise. She also has a little matter to help Adara with before hand. She offers her friend that same shy little smile, before tucking her head to hide behind her curls as she waits patiently.
[Ki Mondblume] *His eyes widen, as Simon watches Kate.* You like ‘er, huh? Like… LIKE like her?
[Rory] A patience that is clearly fading as adara finds moist heat between her thighs, pressing against the denim of her shorts, teasing her through the material. She presses her hand agianst Adara’s between her thighs, biting her lower lip briefly, hidden in the duck of her head from the others in the restaurant…
to Adara Mires
[Kate] She placed the order for Simon and Ki, then paid cashed out what had been racked up at the other table, plus her own sandwich. Which she took in a to-go bag. Toting that back over, she slipped into the booth with Adara and Rory.
“Sorry, I paid for it. Because you all bust your ass out there and it’s the least I can do, really,” she plucked up the beer she had left and despite it being left open and now warm she took a long sip anyways.
[Simon Zahradnik] He looks back to Ki and blinks then shakes his head.”If it has curves I probably like it…”He says with a shrug of his shoulders before giving a little smile.”No I’m just curious, she’s different… Something about her. Tryin’ to place it. Figure it out. Whatever you wanna call it. The girl’s spooked to shit about somethin'” He says before shrugging his shoulders.”Which tells me that someone or something is lookin’ for her.”
[Ki Mondblume] I don’t HAVE an ass, *he points out to Kate, and he actually stands up, to point out how his jeans aren’t exactly held up by anything.* But! I appreciate the foods. And I can pay for MYself next time. I have a job, and everything. BUT. I think I might take mine to go too. I have to go see a friend. And share with her, or something. Cuz she likes steak too.
[Adara Mires] She raises a brow but nods to her “Well thank you. That’s really nice of you. Then I guess next time we meet, I”m buying the beer, how’s that sounds?” She smiles to her “So Marina..what would you like to talk about? You seem private so I don’t want to pry, any topic you enjoy?”
She finishes her beer, emerald eyes on the kin. She had to leave soo but she could still take the time to learn about someone new. Kate lookedl iek she might need friends and well, maybe she could be one of them
[Adara Mires] Hand presses more against wet crotch, rubbing slowly, very slowly, teasingly..a prmosie of things to come..pretty soon.
to Rory
[Rory] She blinks at Ki, and seems confused by his antics, so she simpy turns her head and pays attention to Kate as she settles back into their booth. She slouches a little in her seat, comfortable sitting next to her friend, and letting Adara handle the conversation.
[Kate] She looked at Ki with a slight raise of her brows, blinked a few times, then looked to Adara and Rory. For a moment she was thoughtful, took another sip and said, “You two are a good topic. Are you in the same gang then?”
[Simon Zahradnik] He then shrugs his shoulders.”If something is looking for her then that means it’s gonna show up sooner or later. If we’re all standin’ around watching every direction then it’s gonna figure out that we know. So instead you keep back, and just chill… If there’s somethin’ out there… It’ll come for her, and if it doesn’t know we know it’s far more likely to make a mistake right?”He asks Ki curiously his voice still lowered to keep the entire thing hushed.
[Rory] She squeezes her thighs against Adara’s hand, a soft sound barely heard at the back of her throat, before she spreads her thighs again, slouching in her seat to press closer… trying to keep prying eyes from what’s really going on…
to Adara Mires
[Ki Mondblume] *He makes an EXCELLENT distraction. He just nods to Simon at that. But back to Kate. He’s rather smiley, really.*
[Adara Mires] She shook her head slighlty at Kate’s question “No, we’re not. Not form the same family nor the same close circle” If Kate knew a little about Garou society, she probably knew what she meant. “We’re friends. We’ve known each other for a lnog time and we both love music, hence why youre sitting next to two guitars”
She smiles warmly “From the park the other night, I assume you like music?” She tilts her head “What else do you like?”
[Adara Mires] She continue to rub her, slowly so she wouldn’t cum in the restaurant. Later..in a few moments, they will be alone and she’ll pleasure again and again and again as she does each time they meet. She couldn’t help it. She was so attracted to her
to Rory
[Kate] Ki was distracting. Maybe it was the grin. Which was cute but it was also starting to freak her out. Garou smiling like that at you usually meant trouble; and with that thought she mentally checked where she had moved the gun.
Meanwhile she peeled the label off her beer bottle and listened to Adara, then smiled and nodded, “Gotcha…” glancing to her right with a little more of a smile and another nod, “Check. And yes,” back to them, “Its the one constant thing you have, sometimes. I mean music effects everything, people, animals, plants… besides I kind of grew up on Motown…” and she stopped giving out information then, even if she did want to mention her mother she kept quiet. No one needed to know.
[Rory] She looks over at her Guitar, which is really Ruarc’s guitar, and smiles a little, shyly, so shyly. She doesn’t say anything, add anything to the conversation, as Adara speaks for them both at the moment.
She tips her head as Kate starts to tell them something, but stops.. but she doesn’t press.
[Ki Mondblume] Oooh. I LOVE music, *he says cheerily, almost giddy, while waiting for the steak to be packed up.* Journey is the greatest band ever.
[Adara Mires] She nods “Yes, music is wonderful and with so many styles out there, you can make it unique, truly your own. Motown is not a bad style to grow up with” She says smiling. And coming from Detroit, it wasn’t a surprise the girl had parents listening to it.
She watches Kate for a moment when she felt silent. It seem information about her won’t come easilly
“MayI ask what brings you here? And do you have a place to stay? The Brotherhood of thief has rooms avalaible if you want. Only for people like us or you” Her us seemed to include Rory, Ki, Simon and herself
[Simon Zahradnik] He rolls his eyes.”Will you quit grinning? You look like an idiot…”He says with a little laugh back at the New Moon.”So… I am disciplined when it comes to conflict right?”He asks hims curiously.”Each and every one of us is expected not just to excel but to perform above and beyond what is expected of us on a routine basis. That means I like to push… You have a problem being pushed? I also like to know you can deliver… If I give an order on the battlefield I expect it to be followed through. I expect everyone will carry it out with their own flare… But I never walked into a battle with the intention of showing off. I never walked in with the intention of proving shit… I walk in to win and that is the first and primary objective. So I need to know you’ll be focused when it comes time for you to do your job. Cause that’s the single most imprtant thing… That we can rely on each other to do our jobs. If everyone is smart, and everyone does what is needed of them we might get to live to a ripe old age and maybe meet our grandchildren.”
[Kate] “Oh you know, to lend whatever aid I can,” She gave a gentle smile before taking a sip from the bottle. Then said, “Brotherhood of Theives? Where would that be?”
[Ki Mondblume] *He leans on the table.* You push me, and I’ll go. If it’s a good idea. You give me a crappy order, I will question it. It’s in my moon. But I’m focused as heck when it comes to fighting. I LIKE it too. *He grins at Simon.* You’re just jealous that I’m adorable when I grin, whereas you don’t know HOW to smile. It’s really easy too.
[Adara Mires] She nods “Hmmm all right..though you could od that everywhere, not just Chicago you know?” She smiles softly not pushing the question. She gives Kate the adress of the Brotherhood. “I stay there myself and Simon is there too if he hasn’t moved out. I’m in room three if you need anything, his is five.”
She leans back and then looked at the clock “Oh, I have to go.” She look back at Kate “Would you like my number in case you need anything?”
[Rory] Adara mentions she has to go, and apparently Rory needs to go with her too, as she straightens in her seat and gets ready to leave with the Fury. She does glance at Ki and Simon, but then her full attention is on Adara and Kate, as they ready themselves to go…
[Kate] She nodded, “That would be great. I’ll trade you numbers, give a shout if you ladies need anything as well..” she didn’t have to rumage through her backpack to find a pen and paper. She knew exactly where they were, front left zipper pocket. The paper was torn in half, scribbled on and handed to them, “It was nice to see you two..”
[Ki Mondblume] Nice to meet you Marina! Is that right? Did I get it right? No, that’s not right, that’s like … the name of a mermaid or something. *He wrinkles his nose. But his steak arrives, and he grins at the poor scared waiter.* Can you put this in a box? I’ll eat it to go!
[Adara Mires] She smiles “Sounds good to me” She gives her number to the kin and listens when she share hers. She odesn’t take any notes but there was no chance she’ll forget it. She doesn’t forget anything..or almost. No one was perfect. “Can opu help us with the guitars?” She asks Kate as she gets up to leave. They were on the kin’s side and it’d be easier if they were handed to them.
Once it was done, she moves out of the booth ït was great meeting you Marina, take care. Hope you’ll come and stay and the BroHo. I’d be nice to see you again”
She gives her a one armed hug if she’s allowed then walks by Simon’s and Ki’s table “Good evening gents. I’ll see you around” She look at Ki “And I ain’t mad anymore so don’t worry. Pop by the BroHo for some ribs soon all right”She then nods to Simon “I’ll see you “home”I guess”
She grins. Home..well it was home to them despite the fraternity style of the place.
[Ki Mondblume] I like ribs, *he says, with a blink, in response to Adara.*
[Rory] She slides out of the booth after Adara and takes her guitar when its handed out, slinging it over her back carefully- its clearly something that means a lot to her. She then waves to them all, with a soft “bye.” Before she follows Adara to the door, and out into the night.
[Kate] Climbing out of Adara and Rory’s booth, she handed them the guitars. The hug wasn’t pushed away and she tried not to be so stiff; at any rate, she smiled and nodded, “Will do,” before picking up her own things. She gave a wave to the ladies before heading over to Simon and Ki. Glad to see their food had arrived, she glanced to the waitress scampering off before lookng back to them. Slipping into the booth beside Simon.
[Adara Mires] She waves at them all and exit, her guitar strapped across her back, heading into the night with Rory. One had patrols to do, the other one had to get back to hte Brotherhood.
[Simon Zahradnik] He sighs a little at Ki and nods his head and his eyes narrow.”I don’t like to fight… It’s in my blood and it is who I am but there ain’t shit about it that’s good. It’s what I do well and best, and it’s what I was born for. This is why it is important to me that folks are on the same page. When I give an order on the battlefield I expect it to be carried out… When people question orders on the battlefield people die. You question afterwards… You bring the matter or me or anyone else. However in the thick everyone is dependent upon everyone doing their job… And destroying my enemy is my job. It doesn’t work if I don’t have cooperation.”He continues before shrugging his shoulders and eyeing his food.
“You can think on the matter if you need to… We can talk again when you don’t have somewhere you need to get.”He adds with a smile and as Kate moves to join them he scoots over to let her into his spot.
“Bouncing around a lot tonight…”He notes as his own steak gets here. Before waving Adara and Rory off.”Tryin’ to be a good kin?”